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As a reward for an overall strong team performance at the scrimmage and an effort to rest tired bodies, coach Bob Stitt cancelled Tuesday's practice, and used the time to take in the latest Jason Bourne flick with the players.
The special teams unit was one of the bright spots in Monday's scrimmage, and they picked up where they left off in Wednesday morning's session. Tim Semenza and Brandon Purdy opened the practice with a series of booming field goals that pushed past the 40-yard mark, drawing cheers from the team.
Keenan Curran, Jerry Louie-McGee and Justin Calhoun continue to earn reps with the number ones, and continue to come up with big catches off clean routes to justify it. Simis saw increased action and true freshman Samori Toure continues to be a threat as well.
Play of the day: Wednesday's play of the day goes to a different receiver however, one that had multiple balls thrown his way, and made the most of it at every opportunity. Samuel Akem, the tall, long, true freshman with size 4x gloves takes home today's play of the day. During the final seven-on-seven session of practice, Chad Chalich found Akem running an out route and threw a 35-yard bomb for the native of Broken Arrow, Okla. Akem got full extension and separation from his defender, leaping for the ball and getting both his toes down for the big gain.